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Notes From a 1930s School Trip to Notre-Dame de Paris

Peek inside a girl’s illustrated notebook during a tour of the cathedral on a rainy day in Paris.

Anne-Lise Desmas | October 15, 2019

Rival publishers pit two photographers against each other on a global scale.

Sérgio Burgi | October 1, 2019

A scene on a small ancient gem opens our minds about how we visualize the past, and also how people of the past did the same for their own history.

Alina Kozlovski | September 4, 2019

What do we really know about the famous volcano?

The legacy of the Bauhaus in its birthplace.

Anke Blümm | June 13, 2019

Renée Ater investigates monuments to the slave past.

Chelika Yapa | April 25, 2019

Three essays on race, anti-semitism, and gender identity in the Middle Ages

The Renaissance origins of the male gaze.

A new exhibition asks difficult questions about sex, violence, and beauty in Renaissance art.

Jill Burke | October 25, 2018

New publication explore the link between crimes against humanity and crimes against culture.

James Cuno | September 21, 2018

The dynamic, multicultural society of ancient Egypt.

Luigi Prada | August 13, 2018

A Plato primer.

Shelby Brown | July 2, 2018